"It is the maintenance of slavery by law in a state, not parallels of latitude, that makes its a southern state; and the absence of this, that makes it a northern state."

-- William H. Seward

#Law Quotes #Southern Quotes #Maintenance Quotes

“Midwestern people stick together. Gee willikers, they work hard. There's no glitz, no glamour. When I was a girl in Duluth, Minnesota, I used to get up early and milk cows, so I know what hard work is.”
“The 76ers hold a special place in my heart and I am intrigued by the opportunity to return to Philadelphia, where I was part of a rebuilding program, joining the team the year after it went 9-73 and going to the NBA Finals just four years later.”
“At first, I thought the ring might be a fake, a lie. But it was real to me. When I was always waiting for you, while my heart was breaking, and as I was happy, the ring became real to me because of you.”
“Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 05, 2014
“One line typed twenty years ago can be blazed on a wall in spraypaint to glorify art as detachment or torture of those we did not love but also did not want to kill.”
“I was like, 'Oh, my God, girls are so pretty and soft. No stubble burn! What am I doing with guys?' [I] haven't dipped back since, but I was very appreciative of the experience.”
“We wouldn't care so much what people thought of us if we knew how seldom they did.”

Source : John Lanchester (2000). “Mr. Phillips”, Putnam Adult
“Cleave ever to the sunnier side of doubt.”

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